Completed
This public workshop, hosted by the IOM Roundtable on Obesity Solutions:
- Explored models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity.
- Identified case studies of cross-sector initiatives that engage partners from diverse fields.
- Identified lessons learned from and barriers to established cross-sector initiatives.
- Engaged participants to identify potential applications for their communities and organizations.
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ยท2015
Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national health care spending. Until the obesity epidemic is reversed, obesity will continue to drive rates o...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will plan a public workshop that will examine cross-sector work on obesity prevention, treatment, and weight maintenance. The workshop will explore models of cross-sector collaboration, cooperative projects, and alliances that have promise for reducing the prevalence and consequences of obesity. Workshop speakers will present case studies on existing cross-sector initiatives that engage partners from diverse fields. The workshop will provide a space for attendees to discuss lessons learned from and barriers to establishing cross-sector initiatives, as well as potential applications for their communities, organizations, and institutions. The workshop will consider diverse case studies at the community, state, tribal, national, and international levels. The committee will plan and organize the workshop, identify speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A brief, Individually-authored workshop summary, in addition to a full-length workshop summary, of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Contributors
Committee
Nicolaas P. Pronk
Chair
Debbie I. Chang
Member
David D. Fukuzawa
Member
Lisel Loy
Member
Amelie G. Ramirez
Member
Sylvia B. Rowe
Member
Sponsors
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Leslie Sim
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Food and Nutrition Board
Lead